Baumgartner/Red Bull dive from edge of space

[aphh]

According to various sources, a big jump is in the works to sky-dive from stratosphere. The air is very thin and as I read, one risk seems to be getting into uncontrolled tumble or spin.

Should the suit have some sort of reaction control system? Does anybody know if this is being considered? I'm thinking of small nozzles in different parts of the suit microcontrolled providing either automatic or manual attitude control for atleast one or two attitude corrections.

Without thinking more it is hard to say how much fuel would be needed and how all that would be incorporated in the suit, so I put the idea here if somebody has already considered this.

 

[MeteorWayne]

There's already a discussion of this somewhere. When I find it this will be merged, and post a note in the moderator actions where it is.

MW

 

[aphh]

If you can, please put it here in SB&T. The jump would be a useful near-space application for aspiring space-flyers and a suit with RCS could be easily tested in a vertical wind tunnel.